NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street as investors hold back ahead of a policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.

By Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A top North Korean diplomat repeated an offer for international talks over his country's disputed nuclear program during a meeting in China on Wednesday, saying the denuclearization of the peninsula was the "dying wish" of North Korea's founder. The Beijing trip by First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan comes just days after North Korea offered talks with the United States to ease tension that spiked this year when the North threatened the United States and South Korea with nuclear war. ...

An unidentified girl, foot bandaged, is carried from a Coast Guard boat to an ambulance as the first group of survivors from nearly destroyed Gulf coast town of Cameron docked in Lake Charles yesterday morning.

<![CDATA[Grant Glover and Mitzi Glover from Monroe, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Landry Glover, to Joseph Bagwell, son of Rodney Bagwell and Jo Ellen Paul of Ruston, La. Landry is the granddaughter of Don and Barbara Glover of Monroe, and Shadie and Coupie Paulk of Sulphur, La. Joey is the grandson of Cleo Bagwell and the late Joe Bagwell of Minden, La. and J.W. Paul and Mary Jo Kirkland of Minden. Landry is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and is employed as a Registered Nurse at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La. Joey owns University Ink Tattoo and Piercing and is a self-employed artist in his shop in Ruston. The couple will marry at 7:00 p.m. on July 6, 2013 at Forsythe Avenue Church of Christ in Monroe.

There's a lot going on in and around Southwest Louisiana this weekend. Events include Juneteenth 2013, a homeownership expo and technology classes for senior citizens in Lake Charles.